Transient projections of permafrost distribution in Canada during the 21st century under scenarios of climate change

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 443-456

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Chen, Wenjun ^a   Riseborough, Daniel W ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; climate change; modeling; permafrost

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERMAFROST; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349194801     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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